Netherlands, August 1954August 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Netherlands, August 1954 in August 1954. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 21.

Reported location

Netherlands, August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 August 1954
2. LOCATION: Netherlands
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 2300-2400
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: Firemen
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not Given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 2
9. COURSE: [blank]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two objects observed moving at incredible speed, at times [illegible] remaining motionless for as long as 30 seconds. They were flat ovals with a whitish grey light.
11. COMMENTS: ATIC evaluated as possible searchlight beams. Insufficient data for analysis.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for various options]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959253

Connected across the archive

People

Firemen

Organizations

ATIC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Netherlands